African American Women: An Ecological Perspective (Book)
Norma J. Burgess and Eurnestine Brown, Editors. New York, NY: Falmer Press, 2000.

Burgess and Brown call together the voices of African American women from the academy and the church to investigate the power of African American women. Particularly the chapters on "The Role of the Black Church," "Stress Coping and the Mental Health Care of African American Women," and "Health Care Delivery for African American Women" may prove interesting.

African American Women Tapping Power and Spiritual Wellness (Book)
Stephanie Y. Mitchem, Author. Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2005.

Mitchem explores African American women's religious practices and spirituality from the perspective of healing. She asserts that embedded health practices and functions can indicate black women's value and meaning. Such understanding becomes a rich ground for womanist theologians. While offering a bird's eye view into the historical issues pertaining to African American women's health, Mitchem also connects these issues to spirituality and the wider American structure. She strengthens her work by including the voices of the women she has interviewed.

Breaking the Fine Rain of Death: African American Health Issues and a Womanist Ethic of Care (Book)
Emile M. Townes, Author. New York, NY: Continuum Books, 1998.

Breaking the Fine Rain of Death reviews, from a womanist perspective, the sad state of health care for African Americans. It offers models of care that have worked and could be used on a broader scale.

Can I Get a Witness? Prophetic Religious Voices of African American Women: An Anthology (Book)
Marcia Y. Riggs and Barbara Holmes, Editors. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1997.

This anthology gathers the religious words of African American women from Sojourner Truth to Harriet Tubman and Fannie Lou Hamer, assembling a variety of witnesses to the gospel and examining the links between faith and the struggle for civil rights and justice.

If It Wasn't for the Women: Black Women’s Experience and Womanist Culture in Church and Community (Book)
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Author. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2001.

This text is a study of the indispensable role black women play in the church. The essay collection also explains why black and white women often find themselves functioning very differently in their communities and relationships. Gilkes first looks at black women’s complex relationships with their communities, then at the particular roles those women play in churches.

Ministry at the Margins: The Prophetic Mission of Women, Youth & the Poor (Book)
Cheryl J. Sanders, Author. Downer's Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1997.

This challenging book demonstrates how ministry can be updated and revitalized. Sanders shows how ministry might be carried out by historically marginalized groups like women, minorities, and children. Christian mission can come alive when it is not just ministry to, but also ministry by, marginalized people seeking justice.

Overcoming the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Young Women (Book)
Freeman A. Hrabowski, Kenneth I. Maton, Monica L. Greene and Geoffrey L. Greif, Authors. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2002.

The role of the family, the culture, and the community are taken up as threads in the development of successful African American young women. Profiles of the parents of successful young women as well as lessons learned from the authors are offered for the reader’s consideration.

Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective (Book)
Kelly Brown Douglas, Author. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2001.

This book tackles the "taboo" subject of sexuality that has long been avoided by the black church and community. Douglas argues that this view of black sexuality has interfered with constructive responses to the AIDS crisis and teenage pregnancies, fostered intolerance of sexual diversity, frustrated healthy male/female relationships, and rendered black and womanist theologians silent on sexual issues.

Survival and Liberation: Pastoral Theology in African American Context (Book)
Carroll A. Watkins Ali, Author. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 1999.

Carroll Watkins Ali joins womanist theology with traditional (male) African American theology, activist compassion, and rigorous thinking about social justice to present a spiritually informed clinical practice.

Talkin' Back: Raising and Educating Resilient Black Girls (Book)
Deirdre G. Paul, Author. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003.

The status of black women in the contemporary United States is addressed in this book. Particular emphasis is placed on coping with the legacy of slavery, the roles of parents in care giving, and the role of schools and community in supporting young women.

Those Preaching Women (Volume 2) (Book)
Ella Pearson Mitchell, Author. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 1988.

Fourteen sermons by distinguished African American women preachers are offered here. Hope and spiritual freedom are just two of the themes emphasized in these distinctive sermons. Volumes 1, 3, and 4 are also available.

A Time for Honor: A Portrait of African American Clergywomen (Book)
Delores C. Carpenter, Author. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2001.

The statistics Delores Carpenter provides draw a portrait of contemporary African American clergywomen, conveying their struggles and triumphs and bringing the woman pastor to the foreground. Information about the male African American minister is incorporated as well.